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Eyes on Abolition: Amplify Your Voice with Feminista Jones

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

For Social Work month, we will explore social work’s history of collaboration and cooperation with carceral systems including policing and foster care with Feminista Jones, retired social worker, feminist writer, public speaker, and community activist. We will discuss how social work’s history aligns with our values and professional mandate to fight against systems that perpetuate injustice and oppression. How do social workers reconcile our history? How do we move forward? Feminista Jones | Intersectionality Expert | Author, is a Philadelphia-based feminist writer, public speaker, retired social worker, and community activist. She is an award-winning blogger and the author of four books, including the critically acclaimed 2019 release, Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets. This presentation will occur LIVE on the Graduate College of Social Work’s Facebook and YouTube page Wednesday, March 31st 12:00 pm - 1:30 CST EYES ON ABOLITION: Social Justice solutions with Feminista Jones Date: Wednesday, March 31 Time: 12:00 pm CST The event will be streamed live via Facebook and Youtube.

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